Course Details
Course Information Package
| Course Unit Title | IEE WIRING REGULATIONS PART II | ||||||||
| Course Unit Code | AEEE451 | ||||||||
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| Number of ECTS credits allocated | 5 | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
| Prerequisites | AEEE450 | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
| Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||
| Course Contents | Introduction / AEEE450 Revision: earthing systems, earthing conductors, direct and indirect contact, electric shock, earth fault currents and short circuit currents, overloads, voltage, design of electric circuits for domestic installations. Special Locations (Bathrooms, caravans and caravan parks, photovoltaic installations, swimming pools): risks and dangers associated with special locations, design of circuits part of special locations, special considerations. Grid Connected Photovoltaic Systems: azimuth and inclination, weather characteristics, NOCT, PV efficiency and energy output, characteristics of photovoltaic modules, grid-connected and off-grid system design. Socket Outlet Ring Circuits: radial and ring socket outlet circuits, voltage drop in socket outlet ring circuits. Inspection and Testing: protection against direct and indirect contact, insulation resistance, ring circuits, earth fault loop impedance, RCD test, external impedance, proving units. Electrical Installation Design Preliminaries: analysis and interpretation of architectural drawings, determination of supply/installation characteristics, division of installation into circuits and distribution boards, circuit information (length, ratings, voltage drop). | ||||||||
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| Planned learning activities and teaching methods | Students are taught the course through lectures (3 hours per week) in classrooms or lectures theatres, by means of traditional tools or using computer demonstration. Auditory exercises, where examples regarding matter represented at the lectures, are solved and further, questions related to particular open-ended topic issues are compiled by the students and answered, during the lecture or assigned as homework. Topic notes are compiled by students, during the lecture which serve to cover the main issues under consideration and can also be downloaded from the lecturer’s webpage. Students are also advised to use the subject’s textbook or reference books for further reading and practice in solving related exercises. Tutorial problems are also submitted as homework and these are solved during lectures or privately during lecturer’s office hours. Further literature search is encouraged by assigning students to identify a specific problem related to some issue, gather relevant scientific information about how others have addressed the problem and report this information in written or orally. Students are assessed continuously and their knowledge is checked through tests with their assessment weight, date and time being set at the beginning of the semester via the course outline. Students are prepared for final exam, by revision on the matter taught, problem solving and concept testing and are also trained to be able to deal with time constraints and revision timetable. The final assessment of the students is formative and summative and is assured to comply with the subject’s expected learning outcomes and the quality of the course. | ||||||||
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| Language of instruction | English | ||||||||
| Work placement(s) | NO | ||||||||
